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Richard Nixon


By: Lorraine Caffery




Directions: Use the following questions and resources to learn more about your individual. Take careful notes; you may not simply cut and paste from the Internet into your notes. Keep careful track of your sources for your Works Cited. Based on your research, you will create a profile of your individual to share with the class. This profile should provide basic background information on your individual and provide an overview of his/her stance on our main questions: where is the U.S. headed from here? what are the primary issues/concerns facing our nation? how would deal with these issues and concerns?

Questions to consider:
  • What's Nixon's political background?
  • What were the major issues for the Republican Party in 1968? What separated the Republicans from the Democrats in this election?
  • Who did Nixon appeal to in his campaigning and on what basis?
  • What were his major goals and concerns in 1968? How did he express these goals and concerns to the American people?
  • What did Nixon mean by the "silent majority"? Why did he focus on the issue of "law and order"?

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